Roddy's Offer of Restitution Refused

On November 2, 2009, the District Attorney officially refused to discuss Roddy Pippin's latest offer to pay full restitution to those whose cattle were taken.

Read the fax by clicking on this link: Restitution Refused

Roddy and Juvenile Diabetes

Born to a mother of Native American descent, young Roddy Pippin was a free spirit in the plains of north Texas.  That is, until one day at age six when he became ill and wasn’t getting any better.  The diagnosis – type 1 diabetes with a rare complication known as Somogyi effect.  Young Roddy’s life immediately changed forever.

As a severely “brittle” diabetic, Roddy would be sickened when his blood sugars would spike, requiring up to six daily shots of life-saving insulin.  And he would literally drop to the ground convulsing when his blood sugars fell sharply.  Each such event was a terrifying ordeal for his mother as she would frantically administer glucose between his locked teeth in a desperate effort to raise his sugars and save his life.